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*/ J<( *, wS'VOLUME HU, Sl'MBEK 27 -VEWBERRV, S. C. TI'ESBA Y, APRIL 4, 1^7 ' ^TCETWEE^^OTU^.TORATORICAL CONTEST ATLITTLE MOUNTAIN SCHOOLOn Friday night, March 31st. in theauditorium of the Little MountainHigh school an oratorical contest washeld. Everybody present enjoyed thespeaKing very mucn anu un:iuimu?oi.'pronounced it. the best high schoolcontent ever listened to. All of theI orators would have reflected credit* on any college.The object of the contest was to selectrepresentatives to the State contests.one of which will be held atr.linton, April 14th, the other at Columbia.April 28th. The followingprogram was carried out:Invocation.Instrumental duet?Ada Brady andLuetta Wheeler.4<Our National Crisis"?Thorna*>"heely.( "We Are One"?Roscoe Anil."The Cause of Gracchi"?WillieHack Derrick.Solo?Miss Gentry."Not Guilty'*?Elonzo Sheely."The New South''?Homer Lindler."We Are One"?Olin Long.Willie Hack Derrick won first place.Olin Long second place and Roscoe+v.ir?i ninr-p Willie Hack Der*1 Ull IXA * A ^/AV. . V-.r-ck will represent the school at Coli'mbiaand Olin Long at 'Clinton.The judges of the contest wereSuperintendent Ernest 'Anderson of/ Newberry, Prof. J. L. Keitt of Ballentineand "Rev. H. S. Petrea of WhiteTtock.Among tlie out-of-town visitors for( The contest were:Prof, and Mrs. Derrick of Newberrycollege; Miss Kathryn Efird,Messrs George Derrick, Ralph Sease,Leland Shee!y and Shirer of Newberry.Miss Elberta Sease, Mrs. Sease, Mrs.Will Shealy and iMt. Ralph Sease spentSaturday in Columbia.Mr. Shirer of Newberry college, has^ 'been spending several days at the"home of Mr. IW1. B. Sheely.Misses Benetta Buzhardt and MaryAlice Hipp of Newberry spent thoweek end with their aunt. Miss MaymeS Wittenberg. ' ? '*Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Derrick and sonvnent several days of the past week inWashington.Supt. Charles P. Barre visited ourt school on Thursday.Miss Margaret Feagle spent theweekend with her aunt, Mrs. Puree!!in Newberry.In Police Court.In police' court Monday morningJule Garrett and Heyward Graycharged with being drunk and ofcruelty to animals, were given $10 or30 days and $5 or 15 days respectively.% For gambling Marcus Reeder, John"Byrd. Tom Porter, Henry Ffanklin,Henry Quillan. Marshall Griffin, ForestLindsay, pleaded guilty and were1 fined $5 each.ft John Johniken. for assault wasf ziven $10.75. or 30 days. Sam Down(ing and Ellen Downing, for assault;L Sam was dismi&ed and Ellen was giv^en $3 or 10 days.trv.a Taa/ih^inr Maids club extendsithanks to all who so generously contributedto the fund for the communitynurse.^ Thurston 1*. Vaughan. under deathsentence for abuses he has confusedtaf to having committed upon girls whoW were in his care wiien he was superintendentof the Odd Fellows' orphan\ home at Greenville, was removed onTuesday from the State penitentiary* and committed to the State hospital| tor the Insane Tor treatment and forobservation.The Germans to the northwest of"Verdun in an infantry attack launeh7/ithhuge effectiveness have gainedadditional ground asainst the Frenchnorth of Malancourt and have evenpenetrated the northwest corner ofB the Tillage.I Preparations for closing in on Francisco'Villa in a quick cavalry drive,are being pushed forward rapidly atthe ne'd "headquarters of Brigadier Genoral Pershing. A body of picked cavalrymenha ye ben concentrated and isJ vow in reserve nt the "ront somewherenf Xamiquipa on the northeasternedge of the Guerrero district.WON'T STAM> FOR REELE1 TIO\ ;SIT E KIN T E N D E N T SCHOOLS j!City Superintendent Ernest Ander- json authorizes the statement that he jwill not be an applicant for reelection !as superintendent of the/ city schools Jfor another term.DEATH CLAIMS ( HAS. A. SMITH !IIW ell Known South Carolina Hies in!Baltimore?Nerved Asgovernor. iiThe State.Timmonsville. Marc h 31. Charles Iii V Smith, former governor of South!Carolina, died at. a hospital in Balti- j; iiiore tonight ar 9 o'clock. Mr. Smith I! had been ill for some time and several j, weeks ago was taken to the hospital. J'His condition was known to he se- jincus and Irs wife,' two sons and a!/Iinrrlifnv irnro n-itVi him ivhfn thp Pllf] Ii ji cnnie.j ITi e funeral servic es will be held in ji T::n:nrnsvil!e probabV on Sunday. C. jRay Smith, his son. loft tonight forij T'a'imore.j Mr. Smith is survived by his wifewho before marriage was Miss Fannyi L. Byrd, three daughters, five sons.i 'wo brothers and one sister.ii The daughters are Mrs. H. T. Lanej of Reidsville, X. C\. Miss Clare Smithi cf Greenville Woman's college andI Miss Fanny Byrd Smith of Timmons-!ville.The following sons survive: Hughj Smith, a student at the University of| North Carolina: C. Ray Smith. Chas.j L. Smith, Donald Smith and Edwin{-Smith.???????J GLYCERINE \\t> BARKPREVENT APPENDICITIS ji ttip simnle mixture of buckthorniI bark, glycerine, etc., known as Arller|i-ka. astonishes Newberry people. Be|cause Adler-i-ka acts on BOTH lowerand upper bowel, ONE SPOONFUL relievesalmost ANY CASE constipation,sour stomach or gas. it removes suchsurprising foul matter that a few dosesoften relieve or prevent appenaicTtis. Ashort treatment helps chronic stomachtrouble. The INSTANT, easy action ofiMler-i-ka is astonishing. Gilder &Weeks, druggists.^ IA T TCTrv 4J LIM.JJL C, .1j $ <8>sf/ ^ <S? <$> <?' ? ^ <?> ? ? & ?> ^Do the children of pur town deservea play ground?Are they worth it?Would you like to have a park foryour child to play in or do you wanthim to play in the street or in thejtack yard?r It will take $300 to open the parkanother year.Dr. F. R. Hunter and ?Mr. M. L.Spearman will receive contributionsfor this purpose during ttfe week. Call! un them and let them Know how muchyou will give.JOENORWOOD WINSFIRST PLACE IN CONTESTIn the contest by the Furman Fittingschool at Creenville for reprejsentatives to the inter-school conj tests to be held at ColumDia ana Mmton.Joe Norwood won the first placeand will represent his school at theState contest in Columbia cn April 21.He is the eldest son of <Vt. and Mrs.J. E. Norwood of Newberry and a verybright boy.?RlL. H. Bringlowe, keeper of the Morjris Island lighthouse, reported to thei Sixth district headquarters Mondayi that he discovered ten whales'varying| in length . rom 15 to 30 feet, cast up onj the beacli at the north end of Folly's\ Island. This is an unusual happeningJ as it is many a year since whales havecomo this ar south. No informationas to the species of the whales wasa vuilable.Address City Schools.Rev. Thos. V. McCaul of OlemsonCollege, who is conducting a series ofservices at the First Baptist cnurcn, |accompanied by Rev. E. V. Babb, visitedamong the city schools threei <!n ys last week. He gave coot! ta'hs| at the high school. Boundary StieelJ r.ud Speers Street schools.\EN\S OF PKOSPEK1TY.J. C. Selniinpert Opens -New Store?Kinirs Daughters Organized ?Early Closing of Stores.Prosperity. April 3.?Mr. and Mrs.W. H. Monckton and Mr. Wm. Seel oiColumbia, were guests Sunday oiMrs. A. G. Wise.<\lr. and Mrs. Erie ftarnes or Saludaare visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. .T.*Kohn.Mr. and Mrs. .T. 0 Taylor have retrrnedto Ratesburg after a short staywith Mr. A. G. Wise.Mr. and Mrs. Burr Stockman. MissesWillie Mae Wise and Bessie Taylorwere in Saluda Tuesday for field day.Dr. E. P. Taylor and little son ofHatesburg. spent Sunday with Kev.Taylor.The 1". I) C. meets Tuesday afternoonat 4 o'clock with Miss GertrudeBobb.Mrs. Ellie Fel'ers has gone bark toii,o Columbia hospital for treatment,\: r. J. C. Solium port iias bought oufMoseloy Brothers and will run an upto-dutedry goods store. Mrs. Scliumpertwill nave charge of the millinerydepartment.Mr. and Mrs. \V. C. Barnes spent theweek-end in Newberry.Mr. \V. J. Wise went to Columbiaon business last week .Mrs. Brooks of Fairfiekl is visitingher brother. Mr. W. R. Huff.Mrs. M. 0. .T. Kreps of Columbiawas in Prosperity on Thursday andorganized "A Circle of King's Daughters" with the following officers:President?Mrs. 0. B. Simpson.Vice President?Mrs. Bur Stockman.Secretary?iMiss Bess Bowers.Treasurer?Mrs. .1. L. May.Chairman of Charitv Committee?/Mrs. .T. A. Simpson.Mr. X. L. Black, who has been inforquite a while has sufficiently recoveredto make a visit to his son. Mr.L. A. Black, and his friends were gladto see n.m feunaay ai cuurcn.Mrs. .T. P. Wheeler has returnedfrom the Columbia hospital where shehas left her little son. Homer, doingnicely.Miss Kate Barre spent several dayslast week in Columbia.Will Close Stores Early.We, the undersigned merchants,agree to close our stores, commencingApril 15. until September 1, at 6o'clock. Saturdays excepted:The Prosperity Hardware company.T. A. Dominick.Hawkins Bros, company.G. D. Bedenbaugh.B. B. Hair.Prosperity Furniture companyA. M. Crosson.B. T. Gibson.T. Kap'any.5i B. Black.J. C. Sciumpert.B. B. Schumpert and companyFrancis Bobb.E. A. Counts.Black's Dry Goods company.E W. fWerts.W. L. Mathis.Miller Bros, company.MRS. DOHA LEE WALKERTO VISIT SCHOOLSMrs. Dora Lee Waliker, assistantState agent in home demonstrationwork will be in the county Auril 11and 1J. Will the ladies please noteour itineraryan d make their plans tocome to the meetings. Even if thetime is inconvenient, please plan yourwork to attend without fail.Willie Mae Wise,County Agent Home DemonstrationWork.Itinerary of Mrs. Walker.Monday, April 10. 4 p.m?Prosperity.Tuesday April 11?8:30 A. M.?Johnstone.11:00 A. :tt.?Ridge Spring (OldTown).3:00 P. M.?'St. Lukes.8:00?O'-Neal.Wednesday April 12?10:00 A M.?Little Mountain.3 P. M.?Pomaria.8:00 P. M.?Hunter-DeWalt.Combined capital stocks and assetsof the remaining 11 fire insurancecompanies now doing business in?tate are nor as much as that of anyone of the 2s companies that havewithdrawn from the State.COOPERATION REQTESTEDFOR CIVIC IMPROVEMENTThe civic association requests ameeting of the officers of the followingorganizations at the office of thocounty superintendent of educationat the court house at 4:30 o'clock onThursday afternoon: The Woman'sclub the Bachelor Maids, the ParentTeachers' associations of all theschools, the board of health, the doctorsand preaches of the town and Ithe mayor.The purpose of the meeting is to J! make arrangements for the better ba-!bies contest to be held here some time 'i the near future,i if ; * <f 4 /? $ , :<?;I > SOCIETY. :i !I 'The O. L. Scliumpert chapter, Chiljrrenof the Confederacy, enjoyed a pro- 'i gram relative to Wade Hampton. || whose birthday was just a t'aw days ;j previous to tneir meeting, wiui -warltiia Vance Ellisor.| About twenty members were pros- J| ent and after all business had been jtransacted the little hostess served de- jlightful refreshments.The program as carried out was asfollows:Recitation. "Wade Hampton''?Ab-j>ie Gailuard.vReading, "Shiloh"?Ruth Harrel.| Reading, "Childhood of Wade Hanipton"?Blanche Sale.! Paper, "Hampton the Soldier''?!Carol Summer.* * *The Comrades club met Monday af- jternoon with IMiss Mary Wright at her Ihome in College street. Auction Ibridge w as enjoyed for a couple of!hours after which a salad course was jserved the club members. Misses Pau-!line Gilder, Eva Goggans, May Reid.jI Lucile Wallace. 'Sarah Houseal, Ruby iGoggans, Mrs. Charles P. Pelham and Jthe hostess.* * *One of the pleasantest meetings ofthe season, for the Emory club washeld Tuesday morning with Mrs. (Mrs.J. T. Mayes. Besides the membersquite a number of guests enjoyed tl^emorning of "fancy work" and chat andthe delightful course luncheon whichfollowed. The members and guests included:Mesdames R. D. Smith,James Smith, Wm. L. !Seabrook, J. Y.| McFaJl, H. H. Blease, J. B. Fox, J. B.Mayes, J. L. Keitt, C. A. Bowman. W.H. Hunt, L. W. Jones. 0. McR. Holmes.F. Z. Wilson. James X. McCaughrin,M. P. Fant, J. W. Simmons, P. G. Elisor.Leland Sumer, Hugh Sum|mer, E. B. 'Setzler, IW. G.- Houseal, J.S. Derrick, O. L. Schumpert, C. D.Weeks and Aliisses Fannie Rajnage,Luoy McCaughrin. Fannie .'McCaughrinand May Dow.A Romantic Marriage.Snmo time a?o The Herald andNews printed the announcement ofthe marriage of Mr Pat Livingston andMiss Adelaide Swain, the ceremonybeing performed by Rev. J. L. Thomasof Lexington. Under the above headthe following notice lias been sentjThe Herald and News:Miss Evelyn. Swain and Mr. S. D.Shepparrl were married clandestinely iMarch 5th, at Lexington. S. C., by KevL. A. Thomas. The contracting partiesin tended to keep their marriage a sec- irot till fall but somehow, it becameknown to some person here and thpnews spread like "wild-fire." So a?x> stop folks from guessing they havedecided to give their secret to the public.This was a doubly romantic affairas the two sisters Misses Evelynand Adelaide S\rain were married atthe same time./ Here's hoping that their lives mayj be long happy dreams.unruffled -bythe slightest ripple o? sorrow or regret.TEACHERS' EXAMINATION.The regular examination for teachIers' certificates will he held on Friday,May at the oourt'iouse. beginning at I9 o'clock. Applicants will furnishstationery.CHAS. V. BAR.RK.County Stipt. 01" Education.l-4!4t./ -OFR FIRST SUNDAYIN JACKSONVILLELeaving home Tuesday morning,darrli 21. 10 a m., arriving in Cclum'in S C . late, had only few minutesto get to Seaboard station to connectwith train consisting of Pullmans airlday coach, all steel and up to no?.coaches,it being through tourist trainfrom New York to Jacksonville. Itwas a very windy day and the landbetween Columbia and 'Savannah hadbeen plowed and the dust was simplyfierce. Many times you could scarcelysee a hundred feet from the train.Xearing 'Savannah I noticed the yellowjessamine in bloom, indicatng the' r\ T^rAo / .V> rvf cnriner P.af Qoronli vyi ?? LL KJi.1 > CI11 ?nah and Jacksonville there was moss. Iwoods and swamps. The dust was notso bad the wind was till 'blowinghard and a:> night fame on we passedthrough marshy places, where the forestwas 011 tire, fanned by the highwinds, burning in a zig-zag way runningup an occasional dead tree settingtrunk of tree and limbs on fire,making a-glare that lit up all around, jand from the train in motion it was abeautiful sight. Foliage on the treesmuch larger than in our section, theforest I notice bordered with an occasionaldogwood tree blooming. Arrivingin Jacksonville a little late, Ibad no trouble in finding my new:liome.Sunday I went to Methodist cliurchwtih a friend. The minister, althougha young man, preached two good sermons.morning and evening. When hespoke of David tuning his harp andsinging the good old Psalms. The Lord\Tv QVipnhprt- 1 1T Ynr Want alsnrefering touchingly to Luther. Knox,Wesley. 'John the Baptist, etc, thesoft tones cf the organ, the choircommenced singing one of those goodold Methodist tunes, I must dry myeyes, because they were very watery.The city is full of visitors goinghome, many of them and many distinguishedpeop'e are here andpassingthrough, such as Thomas Edison andwife. Mr. Gould, president Cornell university.the editor of Manufacturer'sKecord, etc. Don't know about themuntil I see it in morning paper. Jackaonville has about one liundred thousandinhabitants and has to handlemore Pullmans than any Southerncity, it is an interesting slgnt to visitthe unon station about 7 oclock, trainscoming in from Tampa, Key West, etc.,and trains preparing to leave out forthe North and Northwest, see the touristswith their baggage, maids, children.etc., all pushing and mixing upgetting tickets, and it reminds me ofour South Carolina fair, and then theman begins to call out the trains, theirdestination, and points they reach andit makes me think of the darkies inCharleston. S. selling their produce.etc., you can hardly understandanything they say.I have many good friends in Prosperityand Newberry county who willlikely appreciate tliis scribbling letter.I see from The Herald and Newsmany of my friends coming out ascandidates for the various office*. Iwish I cou'd vote for them by proxy.Closing for this time, I am-,Yoprs truly .Wm. A. MOSELE.SFfftVD OTARTERLY MEETINGWOMAN'S MISSIONARY UMO>The second quarterly meeting of theWomans Missionary union of theReedy River association will be heldwith the mission socety of the Prosperitychurch, April 8, at 10:15 a. m.It is hoped that each missionary societyand other missionary organizatonswill be represented. Especiallyshould the president and leader ofboards attend this meeting.The names cf all who expect to attendshould be uent to Mrs. 0. L. Miller,Prosperity, S. C.rT>" ? ti'JH hn niiK1ic,hof1 IflX lit? pi'Ugl mix rtm uc j;uunuiivu ?the next issue of the paper.Mrs. W. H. Hunt. President.Compliments Teachers.One day l"ic+ 'vcck T^v. ^ lv ird Fulenwrier visited the Newberry High-chool and conducted the morning exercises.He gave the school a veryencouraging and helpful talk and complimentedthe pupils and teachers ontheir excellent work./?r^HDR. HOUSE AL VISITSSCENES 0^ OTHER DAYSDr. W. G. Houseal had a call theiother day to ?ee a patient near Dyson,in Greenwood county. Mrs. HouseaLconcluded she would like a trip likej that and she decided that in order to?| to go with the doctor and so did theirj son Gustof. and he decided that in orjder to take the trip he would rffe imthe foot of the car, as the doctor is*driving a Ford runabout.They left Xewberrv about 1:30o'clock ana reached the home of thepatient a little after 3 o'clock. Afterspending about an hour with the patientthey started on the return trip*and decided to come back by Greenwoodas this trip would give the doctor an opportunity to pass the oldschool house where he taught schoolVin 1 SSI and where he made the firstmoney to begin his study of medicine.It is the school house near by the oldhome of the editor an-d where we wentto school in the days gone by. Thehouse still stands and looks very tmuch as it did when Dr. Housealtaught the school. And then a littlefurther on is the old home of Wm. .Haltiwanger where the doctor board'ed while teaching the school. Tht' TT?/> r. ATIITT O fflTT* Q^TA'UUUOC UUi 110u UlllJ u JL^ ?? UUJO vy.! Dr. Houseal had not been through thissection since he taught the ccliool buthe says many of the scenes are stillfamiliar.They drove on to Greenwood an-i*called on the family of Ra". W. I.j Herbert, leaving Greenwood somethingafter 6 o'clock. The return tripwasmade via Ninety Six and IslandFord and Chappells and the doctor! reached Newberry at about S o'clock.NEWS OF EXCELSIOR "tExcelsior. April 3? iVt. J. C. Sing-.ley has purchased a nice Maxwell car.Who next to set a nice car?Owing to the dry weather the farmersare well nigh up with work. Som&corn will be planted this week.Grain holding up tolerably well "butneeding rain badly.Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Crumpton havebeen on a visit to relatives at Whitmire.Mr. E. L. Hawkins killed a nic^polker a few days ago of his own raising.The most of our people haveraised their own meat and lard.Mrs. Sallie Glymph and Miss VeraKinardof Pomaria have been on afew days visit to Mr. J. A. :C. Kibler's family.I March has been a rough month butit is thought we will have good deal?f fruit yet.There will not be large amount of 'fertilizers used in this section.The Hev. J. M. White of Prosperitywill preach in Excelsior school house onsecond Sunday night in April at8:30 o'clock. -Public cordially invitedto the service.Miss Lora Nates was carried to theColumbia hospital on Thursday for anoperation. She was accompanied byher physician, Dr. 0. B. Simpson andher father. <Mt. A. A. Nates. Her manyfriends hope she will soon be able toreturn home in her usual health again.i mI<S> COTTON MARKET *<S> Newberry. * ^<$> Cotton 117-8c ^<$>Prosperity. **?> Cotton 11 Hc ^'?> ' ^^ Pomaria. ^y Cotton H^4c?? w<? Little Monntain.<$> Cotton 117-8c &? mWhitmlre.<?> Cotton U%ci ^ -[ *> Chap pells. ^* Cotton ll&cConsideration of the army increasebill, the first o" the big national defencemeasures, began in the senateWednesday with Republicans joiningthe Democrats in expresing the, hops , m' ' , v * . ^ ^I that it might be disposed of as quicklyj as possible.4m.